CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the students participating in the grand finale of this year’s Smart India Hackathon (SIH) on August 25 via video-conferencing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The year 2017 saw the first edition of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) being launched. Introduced by the Ministry of Education (MoE), SIH gives an opportunity to students (especially engineering students) to come up with innovative ideas and solutions to problems posed by corporates, PSUs, and NGOs.

Detailed explanation-3: -PAVAN KUMAR M A C-36995 - Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology Winner 8 Amal Jyothi college of engineering DK736 13263 - PHOENIX PSNA Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa- Rigpa and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). MJ VIMALKANTH C-26783 - P.S.N.A.

Detailed explanation-4: -The winning project in the technical category was WaveData, a decentralized marketplace for clinical data. In the creative category the winner was B4B. World, a Web3 influencer advertising platform with reputation-based rewards.

Detailed explanation-5: -The winning team was led by Kunal Ambasta who is the students of MCA programme of IGNOU. Other team members included Jvoti Kumari, Gaytri Pandit, Aayushi Kumari, Sushmita Das, and Sonika Jaiswal students of BCA programme of IGNOU won the first prize of Rs 1 lakh by MoE in the SIH 2022.